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ENVELOPE. No. 311,208 Patented'Jan. 27,1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEicE.

ROBERT SNEIDER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,208, dated January27, 1885.

Application filed January 11, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT SNEIDER, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Envelopes, of

which the following specification is a full,

clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in envelopes, and has for itsobject to attach to the edges of the sealing-flap; fringe, lace, orsimilar ornamental border. Heretofore in attaching such a substance anadditional strip of paper was pasted over the edge of the border.

My invention has for its object to dispense with such strip; and itconsists in the combination of an envelope having a double crease at theedges of the sealing-flap to form two folds, with a border fastenedbetween such folds, all as hereinafter more fully setout 111% drawings,Figure l is a perspective view of an envelope creased according to myinvention to receive the border. Fig. 2 is a face view of the completedenvelope; Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line x at, Fig. 2, andFigv 4 a portion of the blank of the flap.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The letter A represents an envelope, to the edge a whereof an ornamentalborder, b, of fringe, lace, gimp, or similar substance, is to beapplied. The envelope A is extended a short distance beyond edgea, andis doubly creased by creases running parallel to edge a, so as to formtwo folds, c d, as shown. The

first fold, a, is turned backward or inward, and fastened to the lowerside of envelope A, while the second fold, d, is thence turned forwardor outward, so as to form a pocket between foldsc d, as clearly shown inFig. 1. Into this pocket the edge of the border bis placed and fastened,the body of said border projecting beyond edge a. In this way the borderb is properly and neatly attached to envelope A without the use of aseparate strip.

With my invention laces may be attached quicker and more firmly thanheretofore, and, moreover, the rear edge of the lace will be covered andhidden from View by the pocket, as was not the case when a strip wasfastened over the lace. It will be seen that where the edge a makes anobtuse angle with the side 6 of envelope A an obtuseoutwardly-projecting angle is formed between folds c d. At the p centerof the flap, where the folds at each side are to extend only to thecenter line, (dotted line, Fig. 4,) an inwardly-projecting angle isformed between them. In this way a clean edge will always be formed whenthe folds are turned over.

I have shown and described my invention to be applied to the edge of thesealing-flap of an envelope; but it may be applied in like manner to theedge of a sheet of note-paper, which, for the purposes of thisinvention, I consider an equivalent of the envelope.

I claim as my invention- The combination of envelope A, havinginwardly-turned fold 0 and outwardly-turned fold d, with the border 17,fastened between folds c d, substantially as herein shown and described.

ROBERT SNEIDER.

Vitnesses:

F. v. BRIEsEN, R. H. ROY.

